A little biographical information on
Colonel Thomas E. Rose from the website of Arlington National Cemetery . . .
He
entered the United States Army at the outbreak of the Civil War,
serving as Captain, 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry from October
28, 1861 to February 1, 1863. He then commanded the 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, IV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland; 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland.
He
was captured by Rebel forces at the Battle of Chickamauga and escaped
at Weldon, North Carolina, but was re-captured the next day. Was a
member of the escaping party at Libby Prison through the 20th Street
Tunnel and was one of the 50 re-captured before they could reach Union
lines.
He was Breveted Brigadier General, United States Volunteers in 1865 in recognition of his Civil War Service.
Following
the war, he remained in the Army until he retired in 1894 with the
Regular Army rank of Major. He died in 1907 and was buried in Section 3,
Grave 1818, of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Lydia C.
Trumbower Rose (1831-1922) is buried with him.
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